There are now upwards of 8,000 children and teens in foster care settings in Tennessee according to the Omni Family Services.
To help put that in perspective: if all the foster kids in the state were to attend a Nashville Sounds baseball game, they would fill more than 90 percent of the seats at First Tennessee Park. Unfortunately, that number is rising, but Youth Villages says those children oftentimes don’t get to celebrate the Christmas holiday with gifts.
You can help change by being a part of their annual Holiday Heroes’ campaign that kicks off this week…